Skin and the physical environment

master's thesis

• Author: Thomas Pierre Guillaume Thibaud
• Mentor: Romana Čeović (mentor)
• Committee member: ALEKSANDRA BASTA-JUZBAŠIĆ (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Krešimir Kostović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Romana Čeović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; (Department of Dermatology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2014-07-15, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences; Dermatovenerology

Abstract

This work aims to provide for an overview of skin conditions caused and/or triggered by
different environmental factors and their respective treatments. Through examining those
disorders and different options of treatment currently at disposal, one will obtain a thorough
insight into the respective field of Dermatology. The work also analyzes different factors
causing the conditions, namely, UV radiation, extreme temperatures and exposure to toxic
chemicals. The central part of the overview will present photosensitivity, photoaging, suninduced
carcinogenesis, reactions to heat and cold and skin problems caused by chemical and
physical agents as they stand as the most widespread groups of conditions. The analysis of
each of the groups of conditions will encompass the most common diseases followed by their
clinical presentations, treatments and potential prevention.

• Keywords: photosensitivity; photoaging; sun-induced carcinogenesis; reactions to heat and cold
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:731768
• Study programme: Title: Medicine (in English language); Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2015-11-20 10:08:42